Motogp race schedule 2023 in india

A new opening venue and the addition of two Grands Prix in India and Kazakhstan will highlight the 2023 MotoGP schedule.

The 2023 MotoGP season will kick off March 24th with the opening round in Portugal instead of the typical trip to Qatar. Work on the Losail International Circuit pushed their date back to the penultimate weekend after the series finishes a series of races around the Pacific Rim.

Following Portugal, MotoGP heads to Argentina and the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas for their only visit to the United States before heading back to Europe for most of the next 10 rounds.

Interrupting the long European stint will be the series’ first visit to the Sokol International Circuit in Kazakhstan on July 7, 2023. The traditional summer break will be three weeks and then MotoGP heads to England for the British GP in August.

After three more European rounds at Austria, Catalunya and San Marino, the second new date on the calendar will come on the 16-turn, Buddh International Circuit for a September 24 race date. Both the India and Kazakhstan races are subject to homologation and approval by the circuit.

The next six races will be held in Asia and Oceania before Qatar and Valencia close out the schedule.

“We’re very proud to announce that Buddh International Circuit will be on the 2023 calendar,” said Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna, which manages the series. “We have a lot of fans in India and we’re excited to be able to bring the sport to them.

“India is also a key market for the motorcycle industry and therefore, by extension, for MotoGP as the pinnacle of the two-wheeled world. We very much look forward to racing at Buddh International Circuit and can’t wait to welcome the fans through the gates to see this incredible sport in person.”

One of two new races announced for 2022, in Finland, did not materialize this season and has not been added to the 2023 MotoGP schedule. In addition, the Aragon GP has been removed to keep the rounds at 21.

2023 Provisional Schedule

Portugal GP, Algarve, March 26
Argentina GP, Termas de Río Hondo, April 2
American GP, Circuit of the Americas, April 16
Spanish GP, Jerez, April 30
French GP, Le Mans, May 14
Italian GP, Mugello, June 11
German GP, Sachsenring, June 18
Dutch GP, Assen, June 25
Kazakhstan GP, Sokol, July 9 *
British GP, Silverstone, August 6
Austrian GP, Red Bull Ring, August 20
Catalan GP, Catalunya, September 3
San Marino GP, Misano, September 10
Indian GP, Buddh, September 24 *
Japanese GP, Motegi, October 1
Indonesia GP, Mandalika Street Circuit, October 15
Australian GP, Philip Island, October 22
Thailand GP, Chang International Circuit, October 29
Malaysian GP, Sepang, November 12
Qatar GP, Losail International Circuit, November 19
Valencia GP, Ricardo Tormo, November 26

* subject to approval

Four riders from the Talent Cup (TC), a collection of series designed to develop up-and-coming racers in their early and mid-teens, have been hand selected by the series to run in the 2023 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.

Shinya Ezawa was promoted from the Asia Talent Cup, Rhys Stephenson from the British Talent Cup, Kevin Farkas from the Northern Talent Cup, and Dodo Boggio will represent the European Talent Cup as they take their next step up the ladder.

Japanese rider Ezawa finished second to Malaysia’s Hakim Danish in the Asia TC this year in his first season. Ezawa posted victories in the opening race in Qatar and in his home GP in Motegi, Japan. Danish and Carter Thompson announced earlier in the year they will make the move up the ladder.

This year, Stephenson finished second in the British TC to Johnny Garness, who is not eligible to participate in the Rookies Cup due to age restrictions. Stephenson failed to win one of the British TC’s 16 races but sat on the pole four times.

Farkas will represent Hungary after finishing second in his division as well. Farkas scored five wins this year, including a sweep of the Assen weekend. Rossi Moor won the 2022 title.

Boggio swept the weekend at Jerez for his two European TC wins and stood on the podium twice more in 2022.

Launched in 2007, the Red Bull Rookies Cup is one of the first steps on the MotoGP ladder. Johan Zarco won the inaugural championship in this division before going on to stand on the podium 30 times in Moto2 and 15 times in the senior division. Other notable graduates from the Talent Cup series who have raced in MotoGP include Joan Mir, Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini, who won four times in 2022, most recently in the Aragon GP. Mir won the MotoGP championship in 2020

In 2022, Jose Antonio Rueda won the Red Bull Rookies Cup title with three wins to his credit. He backed that up with seven more top-fives to beat Collin Veijer by 14 points in the 14-race season.

The North America Talent Cup launched in 2022 and has not yet produced a Rookie Cup graduate. Alessandro di Mario beat Jesse Shedden by only one point in the 14-race calendar.